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Vocab Week 30
September 23, 2009
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| candor | honesty, frankness |
| charlatan | fraud, pretender |
| condescend | lower oneself, stoop |
| decorum | correct behavior, politeness |
| encumbrance | load, handicap, burden |
| extinct | no longer existing |
| fledgling | little known, newly developed |
| galvanize | arouse or excite to activity |
| gaudy | showy, flashy |
| idyllic | peaceful, simple |
| jocose | merry, humorous |
| jubilant | in high spirits, joyful |
| malign | slander, abuse |
| mortify | humiliate, embarrass |
| omnipotent | unlimited in power or authority, almighty |
| peremptory | binding, compulsory, absolute |
| precedent | custom, model |
| rustic | unpolished, countrified |
| wheedle | persuade, coax, cajole |
| zenith | top, prime, summit |
| achilles heel | weak spot |
| forty winks | a short nap |
| in the lap of the gods | out of one's own hands |
| from pillar to post | from one place to another |
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